Kenn Young to join county Office of Education

Kenn Young, deputy superintendent of the Lake Elsinore Unified
School District, has been named deputy superintendent of the
Riverside County Office of Education, county education officials
announced Wednesday.

Young will take over as the office's second in command July 1.
He will replace Bill Marshall, who is retiring.

Young, 49, has worked in facilities and business services with
the Lake Elsinore school district since 1995. He assumed his
current role in 2002. Young spent 19 years in civil engineering
prior to that.

Between 1998 and 2003, Young helped secure more than $300
million in state dollars for school construction in Lake Elsinore,
according to a statement issued by the Riverside County Office of
Education. He also coordinated the purchase of more than 200 acres
of land to build new schools in the district.

During Young's tenure, the district received the highest
certification for an audit six times in a row, officials said.

Young attended San Diego State University and the University of
Phoenix. He is chairman of a committee in the Southern California
region for the California Association of School Business
Officials.